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Doug Edwards, pastor of First Baptist Church in Ketchikan, Alaska and a recently retired home economics teacher at Ketchikan High School, was arrested and charged with three counts of sexual abuse of a minor. According to KRBD, Edwards allegedly sexually assaulted a fourteen-year-old church girl. According to police, Edwards has admitted his crimes. Additionally, KDRB reports that Edwards assaulted the girl in the church basement, at his home, and at school. Edwards was an equal opportunity abuser.
Edwards was released on a $10,000 unsecured bond.
Edwards’ church bio page states:
Born on October 30, 1958, Doug was raised in a military family and was able to live in many places including Morocco and Japan. He graduated high school in Alabama in 1977 and moved to Anchorage, Alaska in 1978. In 1995 he received a Master of Divinity Degree from the Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary and has served as a senior pastor since the fall of 1988.
Doug moved to Ketchikan, Alaska in May of 1997 to be the pastor of First Baptist Church, a position in which he is still serving. He also teaching Culinary Arts in Ketchikan High School.
Doug has been married to his wife **** since 1980 and has three ****, all who are graduates of Ketchikan High School.
I went to his youth group on 2005– he was pretty creepy around the good looking girls, and basically ignored the bigger or homely girls. I stopped going, they had a lot of sleepovers and meetings at his house and they always had a weird vibe. Glad to see this guy defrocked.